Improvement in belt clasps or buckles



' NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. PIKE, OF BURKE, YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l57,926, dated December 22, 1874; application filed November 30, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. PIKE, of the town of Burke, in the county of Franklin and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Clasps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to the construction of that class of belt-clasps having two slidebars arranged in a suitable frame, so that the strap, belt, or ribbon may be securely held between the bars and sides of the frame; and my invention consists in forming the inner edges of the side pieces of the frame beveled or V'shaped, adapted to receive sliding bars whose ends have correspondingly shaped grooves, in connection with beveled stops upon the inner end or side pieces of the frame, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Figure l of the drawing represents a plan view of my buckle, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the same.

A in the drawings represents the frame of the buckle, cast or otherwise formed of metal or other suitable material. The side pieces 6 b of this frame have a beveled or V-shaped edge, 0, upon their inner sides, which operates as guides to the sliding bars ff. The ends of these bars are formed with correspondinglyshaped grooves g, to allow the bars to slide freely upon the sides of the frame. Midway upon the end pieces b are tongues d 61, projecting out far enough to act as stops to prevent the bars ff from droppingout. These tongues 61 d are also provided with beveled edges 0 e, in form to correspond with the edges 0 c of the end pieces b b, which construction allows the bars ff to be removed and others inserted whenever they become worn or broken. To remove either of the bars it is only necessary to bring the same at an angle, one of the bar ends resting in the corner of the frame, while the other end is slipped over the V-shaped or beveled edge e of the tongue or stop d d. The bars f f being placed in the frame in a similar manner, the shoulders upon the sides of the tongues or stops (1 d, formed by the bevel in the side pieces, prevent the bars f f from fallin g out.

It will readily be seen what are the advantages of a belt-clasp of this construction, particularly upon such belting as are used in running machinery, as the clasp is capable of being manufactured at a very moderate cost, and rendered easy of repair if at any time the sliding bars should get out of order or broken.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The beltclasp A, the side pieces of which are formed with beveled edges 0 and tongue or stops 0], having beveled edges 6, in combination with the groove-bars f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. PIKE.

Witnesses:

Gno. S. ADAMS, ELLEN LooKnR. 

